Manager, Engineering

Socket.dev; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 218,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

Auctane is seeking a Manager of Engineering in Austin, TX. You will manage and lead a software engineering team, guiding technical direction and delivering features per the product roadmap. The role requires guiding architectural decisions, owning sprint cycles, and mentoring engineers to ensure high-quality software.

Salary ranges from $217,568 to $245,833 per year with telecommuting permitted under company policy. A Bachelor's degree in CS and 5 years of applicable experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science or related field.
• Five (5) years of experience in the position offered or related occupation.
• Experience leading and managing a software team; familiar with .NET, Angular, React, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure).
• Proven ability to guide technical direction, oversee sprint cycles, and drive architectural decisions.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a team of software engineers, ensuring delivery and quality.
• Guide technical direction and provide oversight for the team; own architectural decisions.
• Drive sprint planning, project delivery, and collaboration with Product Management.
• Review technical designs, write code, and mentor engineers.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to align on long-term product directions and roadmaps.

Skills

Engineering management

Technical leadership

Roadmap planning

Mentoring

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

.NET

Angular

React

AWS

Azure

Terraform

Imperva

Akamai

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

About us

At Auctane, we are united by a passion to help businesses deliver — whatever their size, wherever they are, and however they operate. We make it possible for businesses to meet the ever-changing requirements of their industry and customer expectations. Auctane products enable hundreds of thousands of businesses to annually mail and ship billions of items — over $200 billion worth — to recipients around the globe.

The Auctane family of mailing and shipping software products includes ShipStation, Stamps.com, ShipStation API, Metapack, GlobalPost, and Packlink. Our partners include Amazon, UPS, USPS, eBay, BigCommerce, Shopify, WooCommerce, and Walmart.

Our values

Win as One. Delight Customers. Deliver Great Outcomes.

Manager, Engineering (Auctane, Inc. (fka Stamps.com, Inc.); Austin, Texas): Managing and leading a team of software engineers. Technical Leadership – guide technical direction and provide technical oversight for the team. Product Direction – understand business needs, have scoping and tradeoff conversations with product managers and engineers. Product Delivery – drive the sprint cycle, apply project management skills, and remove blockers. Process – define and refine processes for the team based on team needs and outcomes. Coach – mentor, guide, and provide career guidance for software engineers. Lead the team in all phases of planning, developing and delivering product features, in accordance to our engineering standards. Hold team accountable to work quality and timelines. Contribute or review technical designs. Own overall architectural decisions. Ensure code reviews are conducted thoughtfully and routinely. Write code. Partner with Product Management to inform long term product directions and roadmaps. Supervise 8 direct reports. Telecommuting permitted pursuant to company policy.

Salary: $217,568 – $245,833 per year

Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science or related field.

Experience Requirements: Five (5) years of experience in the position offered or related occupation.

Must have experience with the following: managing engineering individual contributors; .NET, Angular, React, and AWS or Azure; Agile development methodologies; working in legacy code environments; E-commerce or shipping; Cloud-based software development and deployment; continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines; Software architecture and design; delivering web-based software; monitoring and supporting web-based software in production; leading and managing a software team; managing and configuring Security and BOT rules in Web Application Firewall (Imperva or Akamai); and building Cloud Infrastructure using Terraform Code.